CVE-2024-4006: Incorrect Authorization in GitLab

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2024-04-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-863

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 16.7 before 16.9.6, all versions starting from 16.10 before 16.10.4, all versions starting from 16.11 before 16.11.1 where personal access scopes were not honored by GraphQL subscriptions

Affected products

GitLab: from 16.7.0 before 16.9.6; from 16.10.0 before 16.10.4; 16.11.0 — fixed in 16.10.4, 16.9.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 16.10.4, 16.9.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/455805
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/455805

Get alerted when CVE-2024-4006 or the next vulnerability affects your stack